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UKRI-6199 Dementia Challenge
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) · Central government
In brief
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) has announced plans to buy marketing work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The estimated value is £750,000 excluding VAT.
The contract runs for 3 years, starting 1 October 2026.
The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
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Competition
Typical: a median of 3 bids per contract for this buyer (from 65 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Health Mission Mission is procuring health economic expertise to support aspects of its Dementia Challenge programme. • WP1 Co-develop approach, working close with UKRI and the 4-8 intervention teams; • WP2 Collaboratively working with delivery partners to implement the approach; • WP3 Analysis and reporting (e.g. baseline, mid-point, end-point); • WP4 Call-off contract for expertise support (defined by time period, skills and #days). The services required will include support with: 1. The creation of a meta-analysis of published data to produce a report on the estimated health economic and total economic burden for the UK in aggregate and by devolved…Read the full description
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Health Mission Mission is procuring health economic expertise to support aspects of its Dementia Challenge programme.
• WP1 Co-develop approach, working close with UKRI and the 4-8 intervention teams;
• WP2 Collaboratively working with delivery partners to implement the approach;
• WP3 Analysis and reporting (e.g. baseline, mid-point, end-point);
• WP4 Call-off contract for expertise support (defined by time period, skills and #days).
The services required will include support with:
1. The creation of a meta-analysis of published data to produce a report on the estimated health economic and total economic burden for the UK in aggregate and by devolved nation.
2. The development, in collaboration with the Health Mission team, innovation and intervention 'owners' and lead investigators, of appropriate health economic metrics to capture for each real-world clinical evaluation.
3. The provision of a comprehensive health and wider economic analysis of the outputs from the individual intervention or innovation real world evaluation studies.
4. The provision of a report that aggregates the health economic lessons from the real-world clinical evaluation and build a model of their impact were they to be adopted as a standard of care in the NHS across the UK
5. The provision of consulting services to additional work packages as agreed with the Health Mission team from time to time.
Supplier Webinar:
Potential Suppliers are encouraged to attend a forthcoming Supplier Webinar Event. The Supplier Webinar Event for UKRI present the outline requirements, provide a forum for questions and answers from potential suppliers, with information exchanged that may be used to finalise the Specification.
The event will take place on Wednesday 22nd July at 15:00 via Microsoft Teams.
This activity is a Preliminary Market Engagement exercise, and should not be interpreted as an invitation to tender at this stage.
UKRI reserves the right to amend the requirement and the anticipated procurement process at any time.
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 062814-2026
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 065189-2026
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 065201-2026
About the buyer
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)Last 12 months
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1744Suppliers it has used most for marketing
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From notice 062814-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 3 July 2026, last updated 10 July 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.